Early Republic
Westward Exp.
Sectionalism
Civil War
Reconstruction
100

What was part of President Washington's farewell address?

Avoid alliances, avoid European conflicts, and stay neutral.

100

This is the idea that it's the US's God given right to expand the country coast to coast.

What is Manifest Destiny?

100

Which network helped slaves escape slave-owners and reaching the free states?

Underground Railroad.

100

Who was the 16th president of the US?

Abraham Lincoln.

100

This person assassinated president Lincoln.

Who is John Wilkes Booth?

200

Which historical figure founded the National Bank?

Whomst is Alexander Hamilton? 

200

This group of people were opposed to the annexation of new western territory.

Who are the abolitionists?

200

What was the decision on the Dred Scott case?

Congress cannot ban slavery in US territories. OVERTURNS MISSOURI COMPROMISE.

200

What was Lincoln’s primary goal?

To preserve the Union.

200

This president was in office during the reconstruction.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

What was the whiskey rebellion?

A tax on alcohol that led to a rebellion in western Pennsylvania

300

This event resulted in an increase of westward migration.

What is the Gold Rush?

300

What was the Missouri Compromise?

A law that admitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state.

300

What text did Lincoln Suspend the writing of?

Habeas Corpus

300

Reconstruction followed this war.

What is the Civil War?

400

What is the XYZ Affair?

When French officials  demanded a bribe from US diplomats.

400

Manifest Destiny led to this war.

What is the Mexican-American War?

400

Which Act was a debate on whether new states admitted to the union would be free or slave states? 

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

400

What was Lincoln’s famous quote about the sectional differences?

“A house divided against itself cannot stand”

400

Lincoln wanted to forgive what group of Americans?

Who are the southerners/Confederate?

500

What was the Alien and Sedition Acts?

A series of 4 laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants in the US.

500

Supporting the annexation of Texas and California, this person wanted to succeed in Manifest Destiny.

Who is President James Polk?

500

FILL IN THE BLANK:

Bleeding Kansas was a phrase used to describe the clashes between _____ and _____ groups.

Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery

500

Why did Lincoln Free the slaves still held by the Confederates?

To help the North win the war.

500

The Radical Republicans wanted this given to newly freed slaves.

What are voting rights?